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Jennifer Kaalund
Jennifer T. Kaalund is an online columnist for the CENTURY and an independent scholar who works at the intersection of Christian scriptures and early Christianity, African American history, and material culture. Her book, Reading Hebrews and 1 Peter with the African American Great Migration: Diaspora, Place, and Identity, explores the constructed and contested religious identities in Hebrews and 1 Peter through the lens of the “New Negro.”
Gospel women versus the theobros
The Gospel of Mark does not ask whether women are capable of faith. It asks whether anyone is prepared to hear and believe their testimony.
Do not be deceived
Paul’s words to the Galatians have taken on a haunting relevance in an age of deepfakes and propaganda.
The Bible is clear: Stay woke
The New Testament authors repeatedly tell their readers to be awake.
Before cancel culture, there was damnatio memoriae
Rome’s political erasures were a precursor to today’s contested US history.
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